Barry's Books
The Darkest Corners
The concluding part of this darkly funny, horror series Darren Shan called... read more
The 13th Horseman
Drake is surprised to find three Horsemen of the Apocalypse playing snakes and... read more
Doc Mortis
The fourth thrilling book in this darkly funny horror series Darren Shan called... read more
Raggy Maggie
The second book in the award-winning Invisible Fiends series. Billy is the... read more
Monthly Archives: July 2009
More pre-ordering japes
Waterstones are the latest online retailer to get in on the Mr Mumbles pre-ordering act, with the book now available on their site. Both Waterstones and Amazon have already knocked 20% off the RRP, and are offering the book at £4.79. You can see it on the Waterstones site – along with a countdown in days until the books is published – by clicking here.
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Invisible Fiends revealed
I was hoping to do a big impressive reveal of the front cover to Invisible Fiends: Mr Mumbles, but it seems Amazon have beat me to it by putting the cover up on the product page for the book. Still, they’ve probably saved me a fortune on fanfares and bunting. Without any further ado or fuss, then, here’s what you can expect to see in bookshops from January 7th 2010. The dude on the front, as I’m sure you’ve guessed, …
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Passing the time
My son has been resting up after a recent operation, meaning he hasn’t been able to get outside to enjoy the nice weather we’ve been having in these here parts. As such, we’ve been playing the Playstation a lot, and building stuff with the Bendaroos I gave in and bought him last week. So, a quick tally of my artistic endeavour this week gives us: Words written: Zero Bendaroo creations made: 247 The Bendaroos have it. If only I could …
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Let the pre-ordering begin!
Just found out today that the first book in the Invisible Fiends series – Mr Mumbles – is available to pre-order at Amazon and WH Smith. Publication has been brought forward to 7th January 2010 (one day after my 32nd birthday), so there’s a ridiculously long time before anyone who pre-orders will receive their copy. Still, the very fact it’s now available to buy online at all feels very, very weird indeed. You can see the Amazon listing here and …
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Answering a recent comment
The following comment was posted anonymously yesterday on my post about me selling books on eBay and Amazon. I think it brings up a valid point, and is worth discussing here: you do see the irony in running a campaign to support your local bookshop while flogging a whole pile of books on web-based auction sites yeee-eees? I think this may be my fault for describing what I’m doing as a “business”. In fact, what I’m doing is getting rid …
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